David Fincher’s R-Rated Thriller That Grossed 6x Its Budget Is Coming To Paramount+ In 2 Weeks

Published Oct 24, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT Felipe Rangel is a Movie and TV Journalist ScreenRant. He has been writing about movies and TV since 2021. Felipe joined ScreenRant in 2022, working across different teams, covering everything from breaking news to features to reviews and more. Felipe is a writer who is an avid film and TV fan, with superhero movies and series being his biggest passion. He graduated from college in 2019, having studied Journalism. Before college, he spent a month studying at the Oxford English Centre. His superhero knowledge expands to the comics, with his undergraduate thesis being "Politics Reflected In American Comics." David Fincher's R-rated thriller is one of the genre's most intense releases, and years after it grossed 6x its budget during the movie's theatrical run, the thriller is coming to HBO Max in just two weeks. Fincher's list of movies is one that many directors wish they could say was theirs. As one of the best directors of all time, Fincher has worked with a huge number of stars, including names like Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Edward Norton, Ben Affleck, Michael Fassbender, Andrew Garfield, Jesse Eisenberg, Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman. Those stars helped Fincher make some of the best movies of all time. That includes quite a few thrillers. Fincher directed Pitt in thrillers like Se7en and Fight Club. The director put together a legendary cast with Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, and more for the crime thriller Zodiac. Other noteworthy Fincher thrillers include Daniel Craig's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Fassbender's The Killer, and even a Netflix Original series, Mindhunter. Among the director's many successful releases in the thriller genre is Gone Girl, a psychological thriller released in theaters on October 3, 2014. Led by Affleck and Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl is set to arrive on Paramount+ soon. Fincher's Gone Girl Is About To Be Found On Paramount+ Gone Girl will premiere on Paramount+ on November 1. The R-rated thriller directed by Fincher is not alone, as the streaming service will see the arrival of several intriguing movies at the start of November. Also arriving on Paramount+ on November 1 are movies like the John Krasinski war thriller 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, the animated heartwarming movie Happy Feet, the Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life, the tear-jerker romance tale Love, Rosie, multiple Sylvester Stallone Rambo movies, Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper's 1980s action series remake The A-Team, the Alec Baldwin Jack Ryan movie The Hunt for Red October, and more. As can be seen, November is a packed month for Paramount+, and those are only some of the many movies coming to the streamer throughout the month. As far as Gone Girl stands, the movie holds a stellar 88% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 377 reviews, with the psychological thriller boasting a similar 87% audience score. Gone Girl is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Gillian Flynn. The story follows the disappearance of Pike's Amy Dunne, with her husband, Affleck's Nick, suddenly finding himself as the prime suspect. The movie keeps viewers guessing about what is really going on. The Thriller Adaptation Remains One Of Fincher's Biggest Hits Fincher is known for assembling powerful casts, and Gone Girl is certainly part of that, with Affleck, Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Carrie Coon, Boyd Holbrook, and more. Gone Girl ended its box office run with a whopping $369.3 million global total against a reported budget of $61 million, making it a massive box office hit that brought back 6x its budget during its theatrical run. While movies like Se7en, Fight Club, and The Social Network might be talked about more, Gone Girl continues to stand tall as Fincher's highest-grossing movie. Release Date October 3, 2014 Runtime 149 minutes Director David Fincher Writers Gillian Flynn Producers Arnon Milchan, Ceán Chaffin, Joshua Donen